gender discrimination ppt

1. What can you do to end Gender Discrimination –
It is important to continue to raise awareness about the impact of violence against
women and gender discrimination so that more groups, communities and leaders
prioritise this as a programme of a work that deserves attention and resources.
Awareness helps break down myths and stereotypes that are sometimes used to justify
violence, and it is also allows those at risk of violence to be able to better understand
how they can protect themselves and those around them.
REMEDIES
 Break the silence: Never condone disparity. Always raise your voice and report
it.
 Know the law: Gain basic awareness of the laws on gender disparity is taking
place and know what law to use when.
 The movement for women’s empowerment where women can become
economically independent and self-reliant is needed, where they can fight their
own fears and go out in the world fearless.
 Build solidarity: with a concerned and committed group of friends and
colleagues build an informal solidarity group within your organization or institution
which can extend solidarity to victims of GBV.
 Strategies for advancement of women should be higher literacy, more formal
education, and greater employment opportunity. In education it needs to be
reducing primary and secondary dropout of female child.
 The list of legislations as well as types of discriminations or inequalities may go
on but the real change will only come when the mentality of men will change;
when the male species of human beings would start treating women as equal
and not subordinate or weaker to them. In fact not only men but women also
need to change their mindset as through cultural conditioning they have also
become part of the same exploitative system of patriarchy and are playing a
supportive role in furthering men’s agenda of dominating women.
 In job opportunities there shall be reservation or expenditure or provision of
services or special provisions. It governance all rights and legal measures should
be available for women’s protection and support. Human rights education, know
how to take control of their circumstances, help to achieve their own goals,
helping themselves, enhancing their quality of life and motivating for lobbying or
advocacy are also enablers for their advancements.